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I have 1000$ and I need to build an HTPC that will:
- Play Blu-ray
- Handle the biggest 1080p videos I can throw at it, think 4GB h.264 "Planet Earth"
- The big one, run XBMC and Aeon with no lag and a decent-high framerate
The components I need:
- Mobo
- RAM
- CPU
- HDD (Atleast 1 TB)
- TV Tuner
- GFX Card
- Sound Card
- Case
- Power supply
- Blu-ray optical (reader only)
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Total: 1000$
I really appreciate the help guys, I'm having serious problems building the system myself.
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What i im thinking in doing is waiting a few weeks, se how the Acer Revo, if it is a dedicated HTPC, you should be able to run XBMC under linux perfectly.
and you could use the extra money in a NAS or external blu-ray, etc.
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cant find this, or do you use the scythe mini ninja and deaktivate the fan?, does the scythe still cool enough?
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u see my new htpc in my sig.
Heimkino: LCD: Philips 47PFL7403D ~ Input: Playstation 3, XBOX 360, No-Name DVD-Player ~ Verstärker: Denon AVR-1906 @ 7.0
HTPC: OrigenAE S14V silber ~ LG GGC-H20L ~ 4GB-KIT DDR2 MDT ~ Seasonic S12II ~ WD Caviar GreenPower 2TB ~ Scythe Shuriken ~ AMD Phenom II X3 710 AM3 ~ GA-MA78GPM-DS2H @780G
TYPO3 Hilfe: blog.ingeniumdesign.de
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D Unit
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I don't mean to mislead anybody, but I think these quotes say it all it better than I can...
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Originally Posted by SirBC View Post
I'm in the process of building a new HTPC and want to use the Linux +VDPAU for hardware decoding, which means I can get away with a low-end CPU.
I'm wondering though if Stark would benefit from the HW decoding, or would the low-end CPU kill skin performance?
-Dave
VDPAU is for video. won't do a thing to help the skins performance. I haven't heard about how Stark performs in Linux, maybe it's less intensive and you don't need as much juice. If what I'm gathering is correct Stark benefits more from a dececent video card than the CPU power.
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Would a Core 2 Quad be better than a Duo for my needs?
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a faster dual core is better in this application.